Page 7: Historical Events In September - 20
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1960 UN General Assembly admit 13 African countries and Cyprus (96 nations). 

1960 Lee Duncan, owner/trainer (Rin Tin Tin), dies of heart attack at 67. 

1962 James Meredith is blocked from entering Miss U as its inaugural black. 

1964 Paramount theater (NYC) presented the Beatles and Steve and Eydie. 

1966 US Surveyor B launched toward Moon; crashed Sept 23 

1967 Hurricane Beulah hits Texas-Mexican border, results in the deaths of 38 

1967 Queen Elizabeth II (aka QE2) launched. 

1967 Henri Mulet, composer, dies at 88. 

1968 Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536 

1968 Frank Pelleg, composer, dies at 57. 

1970 Luna 16 lands on Moon's Mare Fecunditatis, drills core sample. 

1971 James Westerfield, actor (Travels of Jaime McPheeters), dies at 59. 

1972 Police find cannabis growing on Paul and Linda McCartney's farm. 

1973 Billy Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match 

1973 Ben[jamin F] Webster, US tenor saxophonist, dies 

1974 Carlyle Blackwell Jr, entertainer, dies at 61 

1975 Saint-John Perse, French diplomat/poet (Nobel 1960), dies at 78 

1976 In this year, Playboy releases Jimmy Carter's interview that he lusts for women. 

1976 Sid Berstein offers $230 million charity concert for Beatle reunion 

1976 Johan Boskamp, opera singer/actor, dies at 83 

1977 Voyager 2 launched for fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune 

1979 Bloodless coup in Central African Rep overthrows Emperor Bokassa I 

1979 Ludvik Svoboda, Czech general/politician, dies at 83. 

1984 Suicide car bomb attacks US Embassy annex in Beirut 

1984 Steve Goodman, folk singer/guitarist, dies at 36. 

1985 Curtis Strong is convicted for selling cocaine to pro baseball players. 

1985 Walt Disney World's 200-millionth guest 

1987 Michael Stewart. 

1988 Roy Kinnear, actor (Casanova, Pirates, Scrooge, Help!), dies at 54 

1990 Both Germanys ratify reunification 

1990 In this year, Saddam Hussein formally claims US networks broadcast his message. 

1990 Jackie Moran, actor (Janie, Barefoot Boy), dies of cancer at 65. 

1992 K W Stackpole, cricketer (good Victorian batsman), dies 

1993 Leonard Parkin, British TV host (ITN), dies at 64 

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Next Page »
Hisdates•Com
Home